half way up, the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, purple,
revolute.
The present handsome plant is a hybrid production,
and was raised from the seed of P .fulgidum, at the Nursery
of Mr. Dennis, at Chelsea, where our drawing was
made in August last. We have named it in compliment to
Mrs. Legh Keck, of Park Crescent, who is an admirer of
the Geraniacese, and other handsome plants.
As the present subject is an offspring of P. fulgidum,
and rather succulent, it will require the protection of a
good Greenhouse in Winter, and care must be taken that
it does not get sodden with too much wet, as nothing would
be more injurious to its health; the pots must therefore be
well drained with potsherds broken small, that the moisture
may pass off readily. An equal mixture of turfy loam,
sand, and peat, is a proper soil for it; and young cuttings
cut close to a joint, and planted in pots in the same sort of
soil, will soon strike root, if placed on a shelf in the Greenhouse,
and regularly watered. Spring or Summer is the
best time for planting them, for if left till Autumn or Winter,
they will seldom succeed.